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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. OSBORN, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

BANNERETTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,356, dated March 23,1886.

Application filed August 5, 1885. Serial No. 173,670. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. OsBoEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bannerettes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a fancy article which is known to the trade under the name of bannerette, consisting of a stand carrying a banner-rod.

My improvement consists, first, of a composite base for the stand, composed of a cast foot and wire legs, the upper ends of which are gathered and fastened in a coupling, from which the stad of the stand rises; secondly, of a self-clamping hook for suspending the banner-rod from the staff, so constructed that it may be easily adjusted up and down on the staff, and when adjusted *will4 rmly clamp the stad.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustrated in the annexed drawings, and will proceed to describe,a practical form thereof.

Figure l represents an elevation of my im proved bannerette, the cast foot of the base being shown partly in section to illustrate the attachment of one of the wire legs. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View of the stand and self-clamping hook. Fig. 3 represents an axial section of the coupling, in which the upper ends of the legs of the base are gathered and fastened. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of said coupling. Fig. 5 represents a cross-section in the plane indicated by line X X of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the self-clamping hook.

The same letters of reference indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The staff A of the bannerette is mounted upon a base constructed of a cast foot, B,

wire legs C, and a coupling, D. In the example shown the base has four wire legs, bent into the form shown both for ornamental and stiffening purposes. The lower ends of the legs pass through holes in the foot, and are riveted down on the under side thereof. The upper ends of the legs are bunched to enter the coupling D, which is slipped over them, as shown, having sufficient length to give it a firm hold on the legstransversely through the coupling, large enough to notch the legs, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and a pin, c, driven through the hole in the coupling to rmly lock the legs thereto. rIhe legs project in this instance to the upper end of the coupling, and form a central hole for the entrance of a screw-tap, by which a female screw-thread is cut on the adjacent surfaces ofthe legs, as shown in Fig. 3, for the reception of the screw-threaded lower end of the staff A. Obviouslythe manner of securing the legs and the staff to the coupling may be modified in Various Ways; but I have found the mode described both simple and effective.

rIhe hook E, from which the banner-rod F is suspended by the chain G, is made from a piece of springy sheet metal, and consists of a body, e, the hook-bill e', punched therefrom, and diverging ears c2 e2, projecting obliquely from the body and having each a hole for the reception of the staff. The hook clamps firmly on the staff in consequence of the spreading tendency of its ears c2; but it may be readily adjusted up and down thereon while the ears are being slightly pressed toward each other by the thumb and forenger.

lt will be observed that the cast foot of the base gives stability to the stand, it being made of sufficient weight to that end.

I claim as my inventionl. The composite base composed of the cast foot, the wire legs, and the coupling, substantially as before set forth.

2. The composite base composed of the cast foot, the wire legs, the coupling slipped on the upper ends of said legs, and the cross-pin, for locking the legs to the coupling, substantially as before set forth.

3. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the described composite base, the staff, the adjustable self-clamping hook, and the suspended banner-rod.

y4. The self-clamping hook composed of a body with a punched hook-bill and diverging perforated ears, substantially as before set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. OSBORN.

` Witnesses:

J AMEs H. LAMPHEAR, JOHN L. PEOBLE.

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